Ponnada Vijay Kumar, D.E. Babu, Ranjeet Singh, Shikha and Diamond Rajakumar Tenali
Abstract
Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) is categorized by a beautiful creamy ground color with symmetrically disposed 11 large red spots; four in a row along the posterior border, three across the middle area, and two behind each orbit on the carapace. The carapace is smooth, convex, and front with a lobate process divided into two lobules by a depression in the median. Anterolateral border entire, chelipeds very stout, unequal, and smooth. It has four blunts between the eyes. Present communication based on collected specimens from Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Machilipatnam, and Veta Palem landing centers of the Andhra Pradesh coast.